tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post8481939772711346724..comments2024-03-27T01:28:28.346-07:00Comments on False Machine: Descent into Weeberypjamesstuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-9730550208238619322022-10-04T18:40:31.275-07:002022-10-04T18:40:31.275-07:00Honestly, the whole "sacrificial lamb" t...Honestly, the whole "sacrificial lamb" thing is also very Catholic._Goblinist_https://www.blogger.com/profile/07186161196551426319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-76345337651414954272022-10-04T18:39:13.794-07:002022-10-04T18:39:13.794-07:00That's definitely a "call to the FBI"...That's definitely a "call to the FBI" kind of anime, but the worldbuilding is just so bizarre and fascinating. It plays into one of my favourite tropes- humans finding Roadside Picnic-style inexplicable artifacts, then finding uses for them._Goblinist_https://www.blogger.com/profile/07186161196551426319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-69519468628511498362020-12-13T20:18:37.153-08:002020-12-13T20:18:37.153-08:00Fair! Parasyte miiiight be on Prime but I don'...Fair! Parasyte miiiight be on Prime but I don't really remember. Either way I'm getting to the final episodes of Vinland Saga and they're blowing pretty much everything out of the water. What a show.Alex Chalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05288387168096568471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-77742156623081038462020-12-10T09:34:04.015-08:002020-12-10T09:34:04.015-08:00I remember REALLY enjoying the Banana Fish manga, ...I remember REALLY enjoying the Banana Fish manga, so if you wanted to share your thoughts on the anime, I would be very interested to hear them.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06204191776244096582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-47260750730155131552020-12-05T04:37:52.382-08:002020-12-05T04:37:52.382-08:00I did try Mushishi but it was a bit _too_ calm for...I did try Mushishi but it was a bit _too_ calm for me.<br /><br />Your described moment is one of the things that leads me to thing that Dororo is a post-war response to what it might have been like living in wartime Japan.pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-53415161142087810102020-12-05T04:36:28.992-08:002020-12-05T04:36:28.992-08:00The idea passed through my mind once of doing a ch...The idea passed through my mind once of doing a cheeky 'One Who Walked Towards Omelas' about a child catcher with a big cart of children he's just trying to get to Omelas... with _hilarious_ consequences.pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-43965421555871541972020-12-05T04:33:44.880-08:002020-12-05T04:33:44.880-08:00One day maybe after I have leeched Amazon dryOne day maybe after I have leeched Amazon drypjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-24378295947699370562020-12-05T04:33:25.470-08:002020-12-05T04:33:25.470-08:00Thaaank you Alex, but I only have Amazon! I am goi...Thaaank you Alex, but I only have Amazon! I am going to exhaust their library before I turn to another service. Currently watching Outlaw Star, Wolfs Rain, Full Metal Panic, Banana Fish and Blade of the Immortal. Will report back when I finish a series.<br /><br />The last old-school TV I watched and was actually captivated by was Justified, outside that though I have tried a lot of "hot" new series nothing has really gelled with me.pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-74551073038261354612020-12-05T04:29:04.055-08:002020-12-05T04:29:04.055-08:00Then get on it boiiiii!Then get on it boiiiii!pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-31893774559075107202020-12-05T04:22:43.062-08:002020-12-05T04:22:43.062-08:00I accidentally read a summary of one f the sequels...I accidentally read a summary of one f the sequels and I regret it.pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-56396875631193540642020-12-04T17:53:28.238-08:002020-12-04T17:53:28.238-08:00the manga and not the dogshit cgi anime for kengan...the manga and not the dogshit cgi anime for kengan ashura i feel the need to add some hours later<br /><br />manganelo dot com slash chapter slash kengan_ashua<br /><br />thank k she showed the site to me it's a real bangersemiurgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10613841869525544649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-55401065254333553632020-12-04T17:18:38.070-08:002020-12-04T17:18:38.070-08:00“(Its still mildly trippy to me that cowboy times ...“(Its still mildly trippy to me that cowboy times are also Sherlock Holmes times.)”<br /><br />I hadn’t read any Holmes stories until recently. I watched some of the BBC series recently and thought their take on the character seemed a bit cutesy and much too “Dr House”, so I thought I’d check out the original to see what this guy was really all about. My two takeaways from A Study in Scarlet were:<br /><br />1. Sherlock Holmes is exactly the character presented in the tv series: an unpleasant, pedantic asshole. <br /><br />2. The short story marking the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes has a nested story-within-a-story that’s a pulpy Western which takes up about 40% of the total length of the overall text. <br /><br />The nested Western is contemporaneous with the events of the Holmes mystery (well, within the same lifetime at any rate). And the way it’s nested inside the Victorian murder mystery is laugh-out-loud funny in its literary contrivance. Doyle clearly had two pulp stories he wanted to publish and so he mashed them up. Picadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01244353406711565712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-64261759267950752492020-12-04T14:00:18.190-08:002020-12-04T14:00:18.190-08:00In Dororo there is also one moment that is interes...In Dororo there is also one moment that is interesting to me. In the second part (where Hyakkimaru starts to meet his brother) he is urged/pushed to sacrifice himself to demons for the good of all people around. I found this is to be a traditional cultural view as it is often portrayed by media coming from Japan (video games, manga, some actual legends) that a sacrificial person is supposed to just go with it; the desire for happiness of collective given a much bigger weight than their own. That fact that Hyakkimaru objects to this, putting his own happiness and life over the ones of other people (whom he doesn't know, who caused him misery and to whom he owes nothing) is interesting contrast. <br /><br />As for anime, if you haven't see it, I'd suggest Mushishi. It is odd, very calm series of encounters with strangeness. Kyanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12992025061183651850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-81784625252027468702020-12-04T12:39:17.290-08:002020-12-04T12:39:17.290-08:00Samurai Flamenco is excellentSamurai Flamenco is excellentmaxcan7https://www.blogger.com/profile/12504030224075149157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-16301707298063743942020-12-04T11:53:40.094-08:002020-12-04T11:53:40.094-08:00Excellent choice in animes
Dororo and Re:Creators...Excellent choice in animes<br /><br />Dororo and Re:Creators are among my favourites. "Brave the Ocean" and "Layers" from the Re:Creators OST are bangers.<br /><br />I like to think of Dororo as The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas if the kid kicked everyone's asses. <br /><br />Based on these reviews you might also enjoy Samurai Flamenco, which is a slept-on love letter to Tokusatsu<br /><br />Based on nothing more than desire to see your take on it I'd also recommend Kengan Ashura, which has well-drawn punchy-punchy men and engaging "seeker" philosophysemiurgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10613841869525544649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-3688656495361741632020-12-04T11:50:55.824-08:002020-12-04T11:50:55.824-08:00Made in Abyss. Orphans go into the veins of the ea...Made in Abyss. Orphans go into the veins of the earth.flyaturtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18340302448528739901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-50483450183966050892020-12-04T11:50:05.203-08:002020-12-04T11:50:05.203-08:00Made in Abyss - megadungeon with depth sickness, o...Made in Abyss - megadungeon with depth sickness, orphan kids go into the veins of the earth for magic treasure...flyaturtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18340302448528739901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-11579870910757843442020-12-04T11:49:16.028-08:002020-12-04T11:49:16.028-08:00OOPS one more: Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken -- it&...OOPS one more: Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken -- it's about three high school girls who want to make anime. It's hard to explain why this isn't just twee garbage, but it isn't. Overflowing with love for art, artists, and the artistic process, without falling into stale tropes about "creatives". Sweet and heartfelt but not naive.Alex Chalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05288387168096568471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-13134721554223784472020-12-04T11:32:53.610-08:002020-12-04T11:32:53.610-08:00"Since watching Vinland Saga and being genera..."Since watching Vinland Saga and being generally disappointed and uninterested in whatever television has currently decayed into" I've been feeling a very similar way for a while now, where most new TV leaves me really cold and all the Good Shit seems to be anime. I don't think of myself as a weeb but given my viewing habits of late maybe I should. Cool that you checked out Inuyashiki -- I watched the first four episodes and loved them, but also found it too heavy to keep watching. It's a deeply sad show.<br /><br />Also been slowly making my way through Vinland Saga based on your recommendation, and have been really liking it, so thanks for that. I find anime manages to retain a sense of theatricality that feels really at home in the world of Norse epics, and is generally what keeps it fresh for me.<br /><br />Some more shows you might like:<br />Mononoke -- basically a crime procedural featuring an exorcist in Edo-period Japan. Exorcisms are dark and surreal, and honestly so is the rest of the show. Beautiful animation.<br />Devilman: Crybaby -- absolutely batshit bloodsoaked apocalypse tragedy that manages to deliver devastating emotional blows while featuring some of the world's weirdest character designs. <br />Parasyte -- a struggle against an alien race seeking to take over the world by replacing people's limbs. The relationships between the humans and aliens in this show are remarkably well fleshed out and there's some truly excellent body horror-type imagery.<br />Dorohedoro -- I'm less sure you'll like this one. A slice of life show in someone's insane industrial artpunk D&D world. "I would probably describe it as a found family story in an industrial nega-Harry Potter setting" - Matt Diaz<br />The Eccentric Family -- Another slice of life show about a family of shapeshifting tanuki living in modern Kyoto. Feelgood magical realism with surprising moments of darkness and a strong emotional core.Alex Chalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05288387168096568471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-83896977938297004702020-12-04T11:21:13.169-08:002020-12-04T11:21:13.169-08:00Those themes you discuss about dororo, particularl...Those themes you discuss about dororo, particularly the idea that as he fights the demons and becomes more human / more entrenched in the sensori-perceptual experiences of the material world, he ironically becomes more demon-like and also destabilizes civilization itself, are themes I'm quite interested in...maxcan7https://www.blogger.com/profile/12504030224075149157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-18906741536968696242020-12-04T10:39:35.279-08:002020-12-04T10:39:35.279-08:00Great thoughts on Lonesome Dove, which I read a de...Great thoughts on Lonesome Dove, which I read a decade or so ago and count as one of my all-time favorite novels. I haven't read any of the other books in the series or watched the TV movie(s), which I can't imagine would do anything but detract from the perfection of the book.Trenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01889179660165006042noreply@blogger.com